Standardizing Intellectual Property Disclosure Data

Rudi Bekkers, Eindhoven Centre for Innovation Studies (ECIS), School of Innovation Sciences, Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands., Christian Catalini, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, Canada, Arianna Martinelli, LEM-Laboratory of Economics and Management, Santa Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy, and Tim Simcoe, School of Management, Boston University, USA

10/25/2011
(Original Publish Date: 5/7/2011)

Disclosure of essential patents at standard-setting organizations provides a rich source of information that can be used for various research questions related to standards and innovation. Yet this data also has some limitations and its compilation and preparation create challenges. This paper summarizes a number of recent studies using this type of data and discusses recent efforts to create an open database.